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Safest Counties (Lowest Violent Crime) in Kansas (2026)

Stanton has the lowest violent crime rate of any county in Kansas, at 20.6 per 100k, followed by Wichita and Lincoln. Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg. The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average)

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Safest counties for violent crime rate in Kansas

Top 25 of 105 counties with data.

Ranked by violent crime rate (FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg), lowest first.

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Kansas
RankCountyValue
1Stanton20.6 per 100k
2Wichita29.1 per 100k
3Lincoln41.1 per 100k
4Nemaha57.5 per 100k
5Smith67.3 per 100k
6Jewell69.6 per 100k
7Meade76.2 per 100k
8Stafford79.9 per 100k
9Gove94.4 per 100k
10Gray95.8 per 100k
11Sheridan96.6 per 100k
12Graham99.6 per 100k
13Hodgeman103.9 per 100k
14Elk105.7 per 100k
15Norton109.6 per 100k
16Stevens109.8 per 100k
17Rawlins111.4 per 100k
18Chase115.5 per 100k
19Chautauqua120.4 per 100k
20Osborne121.9 per 100k
21Washington128.1 per 100k
22Ellsworth134.8 per 100k
23Phillips138.7 per 100k
24Barber138.8 per 100k
25Kingman142.8 per 100k

How this ranking works

This page ranks Kansas counties by violent crime rate, sorted so the safest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For violent crime rate, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh violent crime rate against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of violent crime rate.

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